bradm Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Raconteurs/ConcertReviews/2008/06/06/5791281-sun.htmlAloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 i really liked the show. jack's voice was scratchy, so brendan did take over some of the vocals (they sure do sound alike). pretty high energy for most of the set with a few slow moments and perhaps surprisingly, a bunch of jamming. (much more jamming than i recall from the montreal gig a couple years ago).packed hall, with a wide variety of ages. i think i would have liked the black lips opening rather than the sadies, although they were decent. the ltd. ed. print was sold out by the time we arrived (thanks to flippers who buy them up in bulk and sell them on ebay ... oh well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finer1 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 That review was brutal. Is there something wrong with jamming a bit before a song? Blue Veins was incredible last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finer1 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I'm referring to that canoe.ca article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 "Blue Veins" and "Level" had experimental atmospheric elements leading into both songs, and both were highlights of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 "Blue Veins" was 15 minutes of my life I'll never get back, as exciting and as engaging as watching paint dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Wow, I loved every second of it. Maybve watching paint dry is underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Honestly, we can just agree to disagree my friend, but that was torturous for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 not as torturous as that poor guy wearing the flashing flyman jacket [color:purple]btw, fuck you marco if you cant take a jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I need to say though that I enjoyed a great deal of the show. They had their moments of absolute brilliance. But there were also points where the show really lagged, for me.What the show really confirmed for me was how much better the first Raconteurs album is from the second. Miles apart imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I like the new album better because it rocks more - I find the first album more British Invasion where the lastest is more rooted in 70's album rock. However, "Level" is their best song. I gotta say though, that both records are growers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finer1 Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah, that guy was kind of creepy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 ive never listen to the two albums side by side. i think i will do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wassink Wild Card! Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I loved the show last night and thought both bands were absolutely rockin'! Highlights from the Raconteurs for me were Old Enough, Steady as She Goes and Level. I agree with you Jaimoe, Level is my fav song of theirs for sure! (It's my 3:00am party tune, and it must be played as loud as I can get away with, followed by crazy dancing)The crowd was so mixed, more older folks then I would have expected to see, but over all it was quite the sausage fest. At one point we were directly behind the chattiest male crew I have ever witnessed at a show. They were gabbing it up the whole show so we eventually moved of course. The sound wasn't as ear piercingly loud as I was expecting it to be, which I was quite relieved for because I managed to drop one of my ear plugs on the damn floor, but didn't need them afterall thankfully. Crowd surfing?!?! That was a bit of a surprise, which happened at least a half of dozen times, guys and girls. Crazy! Overall this was a good show, depite my lack of enthusiasm for the venue change and my insanely tired legs by the end of the night. Oh and I could have done without standing next to the freak that was tripping so hard he was almost chewing his fist off his wrist. That was truly gross! I wonder if he enjoyed the show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 I was up front to the right of stage and it was full of girls. I guess the sausage-fest party was elsewhere in the venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wassink Wild Card! Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 Well we were mid way back on the right and there were hardly any girls at all and the women's washroom was dead at set break which never, ever happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 7, 2008 Report Share Posted June 7, 2008 There were tons of girls at the front. My wife was one of the many drooling over Jack and Brendon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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